DUGUDUS

Dugudus is a graphic designer and illustrator. He is passionate about representing the social and political image of France.

Political posters that conveyed messages of resistance and hope have almost disappeared today. Dugudus continues this tradition by offering a new identity to committed imagery.

At 20, he created his first political poster in collaboration with François Miehe, founder of the ‘Grapus’ collective, which emerged from the Ateliers Populaires of '68. After studying in France at École Estienne and U, he continued his journey in Cuba at ISDi (Superior Institute of Design) in Havana. He was 22 when he set out to tell the story of Cuban poster art, something no one had attempted before. His work became a book: "Cuba Grafica," published in 2013 by l'Echappée, whose release was praised by the French press and media. He worked with leading Cuban graphic designers and learned to silk-screen print his own images. During a stay in Argentina, he met Diego Posada in Buenos Aires, an activist graphic designer from Taller Popular de Serigrafia – the collective screen-printed their protest posters directly in the street against government policy.

Dugudus brought this project to Paris and set up his first street screen printing workshop along the route of the May 1st parade in 2012. Images were printed outdoors and distributed directly to demonstrators. This experience was a great success and has been repeated. On his posters, which he plasters on the walls of Paris, Dugudus challenges passers-by with humor and provocation while desacralizing politics.

His images aim to shake us up and make us react to the issues facing our society.